Dolch WordsCommon Words in Children's BooksDolch words are the most commonly-used words in children's books, and words that all children should learn to read and write early on. There are many printable worksheets to help the young reader learn these important sight words.

Make Words Word Wheel —e—Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, g, h, l, m, p, s, and w. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: eb, ed, eg, em, en, er, et, and ew. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bed, beg, gem, get, hem, hen, her, hew, led, leg, let, men, met, mew, peg, pen, per, pet, pew, set, sew, web, wed, wen, wet.

Make Words Word Wheel —i—Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, d, f, h, l, r, s, and w. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ib, id, ig, im, in, ip, it, and ix. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bib, bid, big, bin, bit, did, dig, dim, din, dip, fig, fin, fit, fix, hid, hip, hit, lid, lip, lit, rib, rid, rig, rim, rip, sin, sip, sir, six, wig, win, wit.

Make Words Word Wheel —o—Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, c, d, h, p, r, s, and t. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ob, od, og, on, op, ot, ow, and ox. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bob, bog, bot, bow, box, cob, cod, cog, con, cop, coy, cow, hod, hog, hop, hot, how, lob, log, lop, lot, low, lox, mob, mod, mop, mow, nod, not, now, sob, sod, son, sow, ton, top, tot, and tow.

Make Words Word Wheel —u—Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, c, d, h, p, r, s, and t. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ub, ud, ug, un, up, ur, us, and ut. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bud, bug, bun, bus, but, cub, cud, cup, cus, cut, dub, dud, dug, dun, hub, hug, hut, pub, pug, pun, pup, pus, put, rub, rug, run, rut, sub, sun, sup, tub, tug.